Vatican Monsignor Accused of Taking 600 Thousand Euros and Ilegally Attempting to Move 20 Million More - Atheist Nexus2018-02-22T05:12:12Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/can-monsignor-accused-of-taking-600-thousand-euros-and-ilegally?groupUrl=atheistnews&commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A2261432&xg_source=activity&groupId=2182797%3AGroup%3A3247&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIt's ... complicated, to put…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-07-06:2182797:Comment:22654812013-07-06T21:10:43.327ZJoseph Phttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/JosephP
<p>It's ... complicated, to put it mildly. The Vatican is a sovereign nation that can't do diddly squat to take care of itself. It contracts out almost all of its services from Italy.</p>
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<p>They don't even really have a legislature of their own, as far as I'm aware. They used to just automatically adopt the laws of Italy, but they installed an approval process for new laws, after Italy started getting a little too accepting of homosexuals.</p>
<p>It's ... complicated, to put it mildly. The Vatican is a sovereign nation that can't do diddly squat to take care of itself. It contracts out almost all of its services from Italy.</p>
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<p>They don't even really have a legislature of their own, as far as I'm aware. They used to just automatically adopt the laws of Italy, but they installed an approval process for new laws, after Italy started getting a little too accepting of homosexuals.</p> First things first. Why the h…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-07-06:2182797:Comment:22654102013-07-06T20:36:47.451ZPathttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Pat46
<p>First things first. Why the hell is Italy investigating this? The Vatican is a sovereign independent State. Just asked Cardinal Bernard Law, late of Boston, who fled there when the heat in the "prosecutorial" kitchen in Massachusetts was getting more than uncomfortable. They want to be recognized and have ambassadors (OK, papal nuncios), get international recognition, and sign treaties (Concordat with the Third Reich) then let them do their own house cleaning, rather than hiring it…</p>
<p>First things first. Why the hell is Italy investigating this? The Vatican is a sovereign independent State. Just asked Cardinal Bernard Law, late of Boston, who fled there when the heat in the "prosecutorial" kitchen in Massachusetts was getting more than uncomfortable. They want to be recognized and have ambassadors (OK, papal nuncios), get international recognition, and sign treaties (Concordat with the Third Reich) then let them do their own house cleaning, rather than hiring it out.</p>
<p>As to Msgr. Scarano, again, what's the big deal? Compared to the low life that currenttly sits in New York, the monsignor is small potatoes in terms of financial mismanagement. Now Cardinal Timothy Dolan, when Archbishop of Milwaukee, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/opinion/cardinal-dolan-and-the-sex-abuse-scandal.html?_r=0" target="_blank">diverted approximately $57,000,000.00</a> to shield the assets from the legitimate claims of the victims of pederast priests who preyed on the children charged to his care. What a sport!</p>
<p>Seems to me that Scarano just wanted a piece of the action. And, all things considered, not all that big a piece in the grand scheme of things. Then again, I guess when the local enforcer steals from the <em>Capo di tutti capi, </em>he knows what's coming if he's caught.</p> That seems to increase the ch…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-07-06:2182797:Comment:22655512013-07-06T19:46:02.835ZJoseph Phttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/JosephP
<p>That seems to increase the chances, actually. I dunno; maybe it's just the increased opportunity, granted by the unwarranted trust placed in them.</p>
<p>That seems to increase the chances, actually. I dunno; maybe it's just the increased opportunity, granted by the unwarranted trust placed in them.</p> Eventually, some of the faith…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-07-06:2182797:Comment:22655462013-07-06T19:36:54.108ZJim DePaulohttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/carver
<p>Eventually, some of the faithful will have a epiphany - just because a man talks to an invisible ghost all day, does not preclude him from being a scumbag.</p>
<p><em>Could it be we're watching the wheels come off in slow motion? A man can hope.</em></p>
<p>I hope they have a fast motion version - it could be really funny - sort of Keystone Cops chase scene in long robes and funny hats </p>
<p>Eventually, some of the faithful will have a epiphany - just because a man talks to an invisible ghost all day, does not preclude him from being a scumbag.</p>
<p><em>Could it be we're watching the wheels come off in slow motion? A man can hope.</em></p>
<p>I hope they have a fast motion version - it could be really funny - sort of Keystone Cops chase scene in long robes and funny hats </p> It seems to me that the Vatic…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-06-29:2182797:Comment:22614322013-06-29T01:22:31.962ZLoren Millerhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/LorenMiller
<p>It seems to me that the Vatican Bank is in enough trouble as it is, with accusations of money laundering already aimed at it. This plus the priest child abuse scandal do not paint an especially positive picture of Vatican City, Francis' attempts at outreach notwithstanding.<br/><br/>Could it be we're watching the wheels come off in slow motion? A man can hope.</p>
<p>It seems to me that the Vatican Bank is in enough trouble as it is, with accusations of money laundering already aimed at it. This plus the priest child abuse scandal do not paint an especially positive picture of Vatican City, Francis' attempts at outreach notwithstanding.<br/><br/>Could it be we're watching the wheels come off in slow motion? A man can hope.</p>